I was wondering if anybody has been able to run WireShark-1.2.X with
latest WinPcap stable version, aka v4.0.2, on Vista64 Business Edition; the
only way I've been able to make it work is if I installed WinPcap-4.1b5, but
I'm kinda reluctant to do so, for 2 other programs : I also use Nmap, which is
shipped with WinPcap-4.0.2, and Snort, which I know from past experiences that
it just won't work with a beta version of WinPcap.

I've been searching through WireShark documentations, there's no
indication that versions 1.2.0 and up require WinPcap-4.1bX, but apparently it
is so unofficially... if I'm not doing something wrong, mind that!

Here's a snippet of the error, in french since my OS is in
french...

[quote]

Signature du problème :

Nom d’événement de problème:APPCRASH

Nom de l’application:dumpcap.exe

Version de l’application:1.2.2.29910

Horodatage de l'application:4aaf2c84

Nom du module par défaut:libglib-2.0-0.dll

Version du module par défaut:2.18.4.0

Horodateur du module par défaut:496876b2

Code de l’exception:40000015

Décalage de l’exception:000000000004bc5d

Version du système:6.0.6002.2.2.0.256.6

Identificateur de paramètres régionaux:3084

Information supplémentaire n° 1:cfc2

Information supplémentaire n° 2:31790723910cd61fd5a8f1bcc4475ed8

Information supplémentaire n° 3:6066

Information supplémentaire n° 4:a2218ed9eed514232c3aa91e74d44798

[/quote]

After that, WireShark loads, but it is impossible to capture since the
WinPcap driver fails to initialize.